Here's a really interesting writeup by one of the authors explaining the history and context behind this paper: http://www.wfnmc.org/mc20101.pdf http://www.wfnm

Here's a really interesting writeup by one of the authors explaining the history and context behind this paper: http://www.wfnmc.org/mc20101.pdf http://www.wfnmc.org/mc20101.pdf Apparently the question posed in the title of the paper is still an open question, although both authors conjecture that the answer is "no". previous discussion on HN (2015): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10622660 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10622660 Other candidates for "shortest math paper ever": https://hsm.stackexchange.com/a/14612/18150 https://hsm.stackexchange.com/a/14612/18150